A 'tip' about cat care?

[Catlady711]

I lost about 25 to someone who flipped the cardboard flap open and decided to have a little party with them.

What is it about cats, Q-Tips and straws?

Bear is so addicted to Q-tips that we had to buy a different wastebasket for the bathroom, a metal one with a lid and heavy foot lever. However seeing as Bear weighs 17 lbs he discovered he could sit on the peddle and stick his head right in to fish out the Q-tips, then he'd eat the cotton off them!! Now we've had to resort to only throwing Q-tips in the large lidded can in the kitchen that he can't open.

Once I was using Q-tips and alcohol to clean the rollers on my printer. Like an idiot I forgot and left the used Q-tips out! Bear got into them and chewed the heck out of the shanks, but fortunately the alcohol (or the ink) on the cotton must have tasted bad because all the cotton was there. Whew!

Pooky (Bear's brother) is murder on straws. We can't leave any out without being right there or he'll knock over your drink and run off with them to chew them up and whack them under the furniture!

[happylabs]

Bear is so addicted to Q-tips that we had to buy a different wastebasket for the bathroom, a metal one with a lid and heavy foot lever. However seeing as Bear weighs 17 lbs he discovered he could sit on the peddle and stick his head right in to fish out the Q-tips, then he'd eat the cotton off them!! Now we've had to resort to only throwing Q-tips in the large lidded can in the kitchen that he can't open.

Once I was using Q-tips and alcohol to clean the rollers on my printer. Like an idiot I forgot and left the used Q-tips out! Bear got into them and chewed the heck out of the shanks, but fortunately the alcohol (or the ink) on the cotton must have tasted bad because all the cotton was there. Whew!

Pooky (Bear's brother) is murder on straws. We can't leave any out without being right there or he'll knock over your drink and run off with them to chew them up and whack them under the furniture!

Bear is a smart cat! I cannot believe he figured out how to get the q-tips out of the metal can with a lid. I am impressed. I wonder why he eats the cotton part? My cats just love to bat the q-tips around on the floor. If they find one it's a hoot.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Pearl loves straws so if I left any out she'd find them and attack. She now has her own personal straws to play with. So far I haven't noticed any one interested in q-tips.

[RICHARD]

Pearl loves straws so if I left any out she'd find them and attack. She now has her own personal straws to play with. So far I haven't noticed any one interested in q-tips.

Count yer blessin's!

[pomtzu]

One of my son's RB cats had a straw fettish. You couldn't leave a drink with a straw in it anywhere, because the straw was then his.
His 2 present cat's like hair schrunchies or pony tail rubber bands, and if any are left around, they end up in their water bowl. They also found a bag full of crocheted granny squares that I made, but never got the afghan put together. They have a grand told time with them, and I find them scattered all over the house.